CLEVELAND, Orestes, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Duanesburg, Schenectady
County, N.Y., March 2, 1829; attended the common schools; moved to Jersey City,
N.J., in 1845 and became involved in the manufacture of black lead, stove
polish, and pencils; member of the board of aldermen of Jersey City in 1861 and
1862, serving as its president in the latter year; mayor of Jersey City
1864-1866; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4,
1869-March 3, 1871); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the
Forty-second Congress; engaged in business with the Forbes Fibre Co. of Jersey
City; unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for Governor on the Democratic
ticket in 1880; again mayor of Jersey City 1886-1891; was one of the organizers
of the board of trade of Jersey City in 1888 and its first president; moved to
Tenafly in 1892 and thence to Engelwood, N.J.; died March 30, 1896, in Norwich,
Windsor County, Vt., where he had gone in search of health; interment in
Fairview Cemetery.